PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Railways: Electrification (2 July 2015)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the saving to Network Rail is in Control Period 5 of not proceeding with (a) Midland Main Line electrification and (b) TransPennine electrification during that Control Period.
Asked by:
Lilian Greenwood (Labour)
Asked by:
Lilian Greenwood (Labour)
Answer
No decision has been made not to proceed with the electrification of the Midland Main Line and Transpennine line east of Stalybridge in Control Period 5. Both are paused temporarily pending receipt of the re-planning proposals from Sir Peter Hendy this autumn.
Answered by:
Lord McLoughlin (Conservative)
7 July 2015
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